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HI
Transcript Highlights:
- We do have a two-minute time limit on testimony, both on Zoom and in person.
- We put the numbers that we had in our testimony.
- the numbers that we had in our testimony the numbers that we had in our testimony we<00:03:09.840
- He said the department supports the bill and has provided written testimony.
- summarize we've submitted testimony and summarize we've submitted testimony and support<00:15:26.000>
Summary:
The Judiciary Committee heard testimony on several bills covering criminal justice, elections, and wildfire-related settlement funding. HB 103 would raise the age cutoff for life-without-parole eligibility from 18 to 21; supporters included the Public Defender and others, while prosecutors and some others opposed it. HB 11 would allow civil claims against people or businesses profiting from sexual exploitation or sex trafficking; it drew mostly support but was not ready for a vote and was deferred for further questions. HB 132 would expand a state-initiated expungement pilot to include possession of any Schedule V substance; the Public Defender, ACLU, and oversight groups supported it, with one opponent, and committee questions focused on what substances and how many cases would be affected. HB 145 would require the Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center to transmit expungement orders to the Judiciary to implement Act 159; the Judiciary and Public Defender supported it, and members discussed technical issues involving multiple defendants and multiple charges. HB 369, a campaign finance housekeeping bill on excess cash contributions, and HB 408, which aligns voter registration-by-mail deadlines with current law, both received support and no opposition of note.
The committee also heard HB 1175, which creates appropriations and a trust fund for Maui wildfire settlement claims; the Attorney General’s office, Maui County Council, and Tax Foundation supported it, while one senator said he would vote no because of concerns about House leadership. HB 386, which conforms drug possession thresholds for methamphetamine, heroin, morphine, and cocaine, was supported by law enforcement and prosecutors. HB 134 would require electronic filing of nomination papers; the Elections Office supported it but asked that any convenience fee be authorized in statute, while one witness opposed it over security and cost concerns. After testimony and questions, the committee took up decision-making and passed HB 103 with amendments, deferred HB 11, and passed HB 132, HB 145, HB 369, HB 408, HB 1175, HB 386, and HB 134, with HB 134 amended to clarify no additional charge for electronic filing.
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Natural Resources and Environment May 19th, 2026
Natural Resources & Environment
Transcript Highlights:
- Seeing none, we'll have a three-minute rule on public testimony.
- So we'll go to public testimony now. So we're going to...
- All right, so we'll go to public testimony now.
- Thank you for being here, and thank you for your testimony.
- Thank you very much for your testimony and your time here today.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs (10/08/2025)
Health, Human Services & Elderly Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- As you can see in the written testimony, it is a little over $11 million that could be at question.
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it <00:28:11.679>is can see in the written testimony, it is can see - in the written testimony, it is a<00:28:12.399>
little <00:28:12.640>over <00:28:12.960 - circumstances and the credible testimony circumstances and the credible testimony that<01:24:10.159
- Thank you all for your input, your testimony. It was very, very valuable.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Delivery of Government Efficiency Apr 2nd, 2025
Delivery of Government Efficiency
Transcript Highlights:
- Seeing none, thank you for your testimony.
- Thank you for your testimony.
- No, thank you so much for your testimony. Thank you.
- Thank you very much for your testimony.
- That, thank you for your testimony. Thank you. Okay, so members, next we will have the testimony.
Bills:
HB512, HB2248, HB2679, HB2832, HB3112, HB3368, HB3490, HB3512, HB3623, HB3666, HB3700, HB3711, HB3770, HB3963
Keywords:
grievance procedures, state agency, employee rights, workplace regulations, employment law, employees, employment actions, appeal, state employees, workplace rights, disciplinary actions, employment conditions, employment disputes, job protections, public information, transparency, government accountability, information access, notification requirements, federal funding
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Thank you for your testimony. You're dismissed.
- Thank you for your testimony. Both are dismissed.
- Thank you for your testimony and both are dismissed.
- Thank you for your testimony.
- If not, public testimony is closed.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Resources, Recreation and Development (01/14/2026)
Resources, Recreation and Development
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development - Subcommittee on Veterans - 03/03/25
Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development - Subcommittee on Veterans
Transcript Highlights:
- And you can just state your name and begin your testimony. Thank you, Chair and members.
- uh thank you and uh begin your testimony uh thank you chair<00:04:18.799>
and <00:04:18.959>- thank you Mr chair good testimony thank you Mr chair good afternoon<00:07:34.039>
chair <00:07- <00:53:53.559>
we hope you realize from the testimony we hope you realize from the testimony- Thank you for your time, thank you for hearing my testimony, Mr. Chair and committee.
- thank you Mr chair good testimony thank you Mr chair good afternoon<00:07:34.039>
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Thank you for your testimony.
- Thank you for your testimony.
- Thank you for your testimony.
- Thank you for your testimony.
- Thank you for your testimony.
Keywords:
education, literacy, science of reading, school performance, funding flexibility, innovation zones, equity and inclusion, HF52, New Germany, wastewater treatment, wastewater facility, sewer infrastructure, capital investment, bonding bill, state bonds, Public Facilities Authority, municipal infrastructure, water quality, sanitation, sewage treatment
NH
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Children and Family Law (02/04/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
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that to caution that we had testimony that to caution that we had testimony - I have prepared written testimony.
- I have prepared written testimony.
- Thank you for your testimony.
- DeJoy’s testimony.
Summary:
The House Children and Family Law Committee opened its February 4, 2025 hearing with a business item on House Bill 553, appointing a subcommittee chaired by Representative Greg and including several named members. The committee then took up House Bill 486, which would revise New Hampshire’s grandparents’ visitation law. The prime sponsor said the bill is intended to address gaps in current law, especially in situations involving divorce, separation, kinship care, and parental substance use, so that children can maintain important relationships with grandparents or other kin caregivers. He emphasized that the proposal was meant to supplement existing law rather than replace it, and said the language was modeled on statutes from other states.
Several witnesses testified in support of HB 486, describing painful family separations and arguing that current law can be interpreted too narrowly. One grandmother said the existing statute had been used to dismiss her visitation case because she was restricted while the parents were separated, and she asked for language changes so courts could still order visitation in similar circumstances. Another witness, testifying online, urged passage of the bill as being in the best interest of children. A third witness described a family living arrangement in which grandparents had been a consistent presence in their grandchildren’s lives but were later cut off during a contentious separation, and said the bill would help repair those relationships. Committee members asked about the six-month timeframe in the bill, whether the proposed language would affect cases where a grandparent does not live with the child but is still a regular caregiver, and whether the sponsor had written amendment language; the sponsor said the six-month language was taken from other states’ statutes and that the new language would not change existing visitation rights but would add to them.
After hearing the testimony, the chair said the committee would hold HB 486 aside for a week or two while awaiting additional information before voting. The hearing then moved to House Bill 320, an act relative to enforcement of marital property settlements. The sponsor explained that the bill would require courts to enforce final property decrees and would clarify the difference between enforcement and contempt, arguing that courts should have clear authority to fashion remedies and that litigants, especially self-represented parties, need clearer statutory guidance. Committee members questioned the legal distinctions the sponsor drew, including whether the bill was aimed at enforcement rather than contempt and how the proposed language would operate in practice. The transcript cuts off before any vote or further action on HB 320.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
House Chamber - Fri Apr 4, 2025, 12:00PM HST - Day 46
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- There was opposing testimony from the Aircraft Rescue Firefighting Unit, ARF, and the testimony reads
- There was opposing testimony from the Aircraft Rescue Firefighting Unit, ARF, and the testimony reads
- There was opposing testimony from the Aircraft Rescue Firefighting Unit, ARF, and the testimony reads
- And that is the general's uh testimony.
- their testimony that if the ...
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- We'll open public testimony. Pardon me.
- We'll open public testimony on House Bill 668.
- Testimony is open. Anyone wishing to testify for or against?
- Hearing none, public testimony is closed. The bill is left pending at this time.
- If there are no questions, This will open public testimony on Senate Bill 3070.
Keywords:
HB 668, Texas, handgun license, license to carry, LTC, concealed carry, open carry, firearm permit, gun license renewal, public safety, Department of Public Safety, DPS, Government Code Section 411.185, renewal fee, handgun permit, Second Amendment, carry permit, firearms regulation, HB 677, Texas Election Code
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Hearing none, public testimony is closed.
- Hearing none, public testimony is now closed.
- Anyone will now open up for public testimony.
- Hearing none, public testimony is closed.
- Hearing none, public testimony is closed.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- I'd like to remind our testifiers that you have two minutes for your testimony, and if it's easier, you
- can stand on your testimony.
- There will be a one-minute limit on verbal testimony. A timer will be visible.
- The department stands on its written testimony, offering comments, thank you. Thank you.
- We have written testimony.
Summary:
The committees considered several Senate bills and one House bill across multiple decision-making segments, with testimony focused mainly on SB 903, SB 439, SB 938, and HB 1440. For SB 903, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs supported the measure and emphasized that the Public Lands Trust Working Group should complete its scope of work before baseline settlement discussions. The committees then adopted chair-recommended technical amendments to SB 903, including blanking the appropriation and changing the effective date to June 30, 2059, and the measure was adopted with members voting aye or excused.
A later agenda included many bills that were mostly advanced with technical amendments, effective-date changes, or recommittals to Ways and Means. Among them, SB 934 and SB 935 were recommitted; SB 65, SB 328, SB 465, SB 576, and several others were passed with amendments that often blanked appropriations or changed dates; SB 329, SB 448, SB 744, SB 1023, SB 1269, SB 1361, SB 1381, SB 1491, SB 1530, and SB 1547 were passed unamended; SB 828, SB 1220, and SB 1487 were deferred. The committee also adopted amendments on bills such as SB 125, SB 558, SB 789, SB 997, SB 1234, SB 1388, and SB 1543, generally to clarify definitions, narrow scope, or add effective-date or governance language.
For SB 439, the Division of State Parks testified that it already performs the fee studies and park-designation work contemplated by the bill, but supported the measure overall; OHA, the Care for ʻĀina Now Coalition, and other supporters testified in favor, while two individuals opposed it. The committees adopted SB 439 with LRB technical amendments. SB 938 received only departmental comments from the Department of Taxation and was passed unamended. HB 1440, which drew support from the State Ombudsman, the Legislative Reference Bureau, the State Auditor, and the Ethics Commission, was also passed unamended. In each decision-making segment, the committees voted to adopt the chair’s recommendations and then adjourned.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- State your testimony for three minutes, and avoid repeating any testimony that has already been presented
- We will now proceed to testimony.
- All right, seeing none, thank you for your testimony. Thank you.
- And we'll now proceed to testimony.
- We will now proceed to testimony.
Keywords:
school district, ad valorem tax, local revenue, tax collection, education funding, border security, tax exemption, ad valorem, real property, infrastructure, Texas-Mexico border, ad valorem taxation, farm products, livestock, timber, death tax, inheritance tax, estate tax, property transfer, constitutional amendment
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 3/12/25
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
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is 1337 see none uh public testimony is 1337 see none uh public testimony is - Chair, and thanks for your testimony.
- Chair, and thanks for your testimony.
- <01:05:15.799>
is 382 seeing none public testimony is 382 seeing none public testimony is - Please state your name for the record and present your testimony.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Citizen Commission for Performance Measurement of Tax Preferences May 6th, 2026 at 10:00 am
Citizen Commission for Performance Measurement of Tax Preferences
Transcript Highlights:
- Next, we look at our testimony questions for 2026, and we have to approve them.
- Next, we look at our testimony questions for 2026, and we have to approve them.
- You dedicate the September Commission meeting to taking that testimony.
- Okay, seeing none, a motion is in order to approve the testimony questions for 2026.
- The vote is unanimous and the 2026 testimony questions are approved. Thank you.
Summary:
The Citizen Commission for Performance Measurement of Tax Preferences met on May 6, 2026, with quorum present and unanimously approved the October 21, 2025 minutes. The Attorney General’s Office then provided its annual refresher on Washington’s Public Records Act and Open Public Meetings Act, emphasizing broad disclosure requirements, records retention, prompt routing of records requests to staff, and OPMA rules for meetings, conference calls, emails, special meetings, and executive sessions.
JLARC staff next reviewed 2026 tax preference legislation, noting 20 bills affecting tax preferences. Examples included repeal of the coal sales tax exemption, changes to data center exemptions, new property tax exemptions for renewable energy facilities and land bank authorities, and a broad tax package in Senate Bill 6346 that created credits and deductions, expanded the working families tax credit, and exempted items such as diapers and hygiene products. Staff also presented the 2026 expedited review report covering 64 tax preferences and explained that it is based on prior JLARC reviews and Department of Revenue studies rather than full new reviews.
The commission approved unchanged 2026 public testimony questions and then adopted the draft 2027–2036 tax preference review schedule, along with a new rolling 10-year schedule format that will be updated each May. During discussion, Representative Pollitt questioned how preferences are prioritized for full review versus expedited or no review, especially for large preferences without performance statements, and staff explained that legislative mandates, expiration timing, and staff capacity drive the schedule. The commission agreed staff would meet with members to discuss possible future adjustments.
The meeting concluded with public and staff recognition of Commissioner Grant Forsyth, who is leaving the commission after 13 years of service. Speakers praised his leadership, consensus-building, and long tenure as both commissioner and chair. The next commission meeting was announced for August 4, 2026.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Thank you all for your testimony.
- Thank you for your testimony.
- Thank you for your testimony.
- Thank you for your testimony. Mm-hm.
- So thank you for your testimony, Thomas.
Bills:
HB 3772, HB 1656, HB 4504, HB 1896, HB 4420, HB 4421, HB 4076, HB 3708, HB 2806, HB 3540, HB 1586, HB 5459, HB 4553, HB 4535, HB 3811, HB 3749, HB 4255, HB 4051, HB 5098, HB 3554, HB 4539, HB 5274
Keywords:
e-cigarettes, health and safety, regulations, directory, penalties, regulation, certification, compliance, manufacturers, FDA, nicotine, mental health, emergency detention, paramedic authority, mental illness, healthcare facility, public health, covenants not to compete, health care practitioners, physicians
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 4/10/25
Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- If you'd like, please come forward and begin your testimony.
- Please introduce yourself and begin your testimony. Great.
- Please introduce yourself and begin your testimony.
- We will close testimony at this point.
- Uh are close uh testimony at this point.
Bills:
HF2439
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House committee considers proposed amendment to MN Constitution guaranteeing equal rights 4/3/25
Transcript Highlights:
- You'll state your name for the record and please begin your testimony. Sure.
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and thank you so much for your testimony and thank you so much for your testimony - <00:09:05.839>
we very much for your testimony we very much for your testimony we appreciate - Thank you for your testimony.
- Thank you for your testimony. And now we'll move to member testimony and member discussion.